New comic day is only a few days away and with a number of titles releasing it can be difficult to decide which comics you should pickup. So we are here to help. This week we preview In Bloom #1, The City Beneath Her Feet #1, and more.
While we are not the official voice of your decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing December 11, 2024.
In Bloom #1
Writer: Michael W. Conrad
Artist: John Pearson
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
43% of the cells within a healthy human body belong to something other than the human host. Microbiomes, invasive bacteria, fungal and viral agents, and something else, something… more.
When the BLOOM happened, humanity was changed forever, transformed by symbiotic fungal megasystems that infected their bodies.
Some affected people grew new body parts, some found their personalities changed in radical new ways, while others reported contact with some… other intelligence not their own.
In this revolutionary new world, Agent Spears finds herself investigating a series of mysterious murders, a chain of violence that leads her to a terrifying question on which the fate of every living being rests.
The City Beneath Her Feet #1
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Elsa Charretier
Publisher: DSTLRY
A bloody love letter to New York City, The City Beneath Her Feet is an action/thriller love story for a new generation by lauded creators James Tynion IV (Spectregraph, Something is Killing the Children) and Elsa Charretier (Room Service, Love Everlasting).
Jasper Jayne was the girl of Zara’s dreams, but their brief relationship came and went in such an intense blaze that Zara was left thinking Jasper was just that… a dream. Years later, Zara is thrust back into Jasper’s world — unknowingly listed as her emergency contact, Zara must piece together the mystery of Jasper’s life, all while being hunted by the assassins who once called Jasper one of their own.
From the World of Minor Threats: The Brood #1
Writer: Heath Corson, Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum
Artist: Ian Culbard
Publisher: Dark Horse
From the world of the hit Minor Threats series comes a family drama starring the planet’s most feared villains.
Napoleon Archimedes is the arch-nemesis of The Searcher, and he’s fought her to a standstill for over four decades in the futuristic metropolis of Meteor Falls. But now, as he confronts his mortality, he’s forced to name a successor from his three extraordinary children: Athena, Benjamin, and Spookshow. Each brilliant, cunning… and unlucky enough to be the child of the world’s greatest supervillain. See, Napoleon believed he was smart enough to have it all: Raise a family and conquer the world. Then he thought: Why not combine them? Take the kids on as partners. Create a dynasty… None of it went according to plan. Who will rise above the betrayal, failure, and dysfunction to seize the family business?
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special #1
Writer: Tini Howard, Blake Howard
Artist: Pye Parr, Stevan Subic
Publisher: Image Comics
Have a Ho-Ho-Horrifying Holiday Season! A New Year’s Eve party gets fiendish as Tini Howard (Catwoman), Blake Howard (Punchline), and Stevan Subic (The Riddler: Year One) will have you crying for your mummy in the new year! Beloved comedian Terry Reno revisits a holiday classic, from the Petrol Head team of Rob Williams and Pye Parr, that quickly takes a shocking turn before a live studio audience!
Laura Kinney Wolverine #1
Writer: Erica Schultz
Artist: Giada Belviso
Publisher: Marvel
Wolverine takes the fight to those who stand as enemies of mutantkind! Laura Kinney was bred to be the ultimate assassin as X-23. She’s long left that life behind, but as she encounters mutants being forced to use their powers against their will, Wolverine takes it upon herself to right these wrongs – no matter who stands in her way! Dynamic scripter Erica Schultz (Hallows’ Eve, X-23: Deadly Regenesis) and rising-star artist Giada Belviso (Blood Hunters, Ms. Marvel Annual) bring Wolverine on her first mission abroad in the From the Ashes era, as Laura takes the fight to mutant oppressors wherever they may hide!
Shiver SuspenStories #1
Writer: Jason Aaron, Bill Elder, Ben H. Winters
Artist: Kano, Bill Elder, Peter Krause
Publisher: Oni Press
Just in time for Christmas, Oni Press and EC Comics are proud to present Shiver SuspenStories #1–the first in an all-new series of extra-sized EC specials colliding tales of horror, science fiction, and powerfully potent suspense in one joyously wrapped, squarebound package that may or may not be leaking something strange under the Christmas tree…
Featuring brand-new tales of merry dismemberment and yuletide destruction from writers Jason Aaron (Thor), Ben H. Winters (CBS’ Tracker), and more, with artists Kano (Gotham Central), Peter Krause (Irredeemable), and more-plus a newly remastered and authentically restored holiday classic from the EC vaults! Get ready to hear those slay bells ring-ain’t it sickening?!
Through the Boughs: A Yuletide Offering #1
Writer: James Tynion Iv, Kenny Wroten, Sweeney Boo, Grim Wilkins, Molly Mendoza, Pat McHale, Ryan Andrews
Artist: Sweeney Boo, Jim Campbell, Jensine Eckwall, Kenny Wroten, Grim Wilkins, Molly Mendoza
Publisher: DSTLRY
Venture deep through endless drifts of snow, through evergreen treelines tinkling with hoarfrost and rime. And then? Venture many miles more. And then maybe, possibly, improbably…you will see lights. And dancing. And mirth. You may be asked to join. Or maybe who (or what!) you’ve found wants something far more mischievous than to sing and revel.
Warm Fusion #1
Writer: Scott Hoffman
Artist: Alberto Ponticelli
Publisher: DSTLRY
New York City, over two decades into the future, has been devastated by crime, ongoing storms, radiation from a terrorist incident in Times Square and the genetic mutations caused by a life-saving “cure.”
After a series of murders rip through the city’s brothels, an escort named Vin Young, who cosplays as Snow White- and is one of the generation of deformed victims – decides to help find the killer, or killers, responsible, reluctantly joining forces with Jarrod Hannover, the lone cop assigned to the case. The two are led to a biotech megacorp launching a cellular metal called Warm Fusion – a pioneering technology meant to replace prosthetics limbs – and soon confront the sociopathic scientist Nicholas Fleischer, his monstrous alter-ego Mr. Barnaby, and the hideous monster that he’s been secretly creating.
Pine and Merrimac TP
Writer: Kyle Starks
Artist: Fran Galan
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
On the corner of Pine and Merrimac sits an unremarkable town… with one horrifying secret.
After a lifetime of losing pieces of herself in every horrific case, former homicide detective Linnea Kent is starting fresh. Alongside her husband, Parker, a former MMA fighter and the brawn to her brains, she’s opened up a quiet little detective agency, far from the city noise. The simple cases this small town with seemingly humble people has to offer are exactly what she was looking for, but there’s more to the quaint place than Linnea could have possibly imagined, and something truly sinister pulling the strings…
When they receive a promising lead for a case, they go on an ill-advised, undercover operation to a curious nearby island, and kickstart a mystery that will not only reveal spellbinding secrets… but put them both in deadly peril.
The One Hand & The Six Fingers TP
Writer: Ram V., Dan Watters
Artist: Laurence Campbell, Sumit Kumar, Lee Loughridge
Publisher: Image Comics
The One Hand tells the story of Neo Novena detective, Ari Nasser-a grizzled homicide detective who’s about to retire with an enviable record, until a brutal murder occurs bearing all the hallmarks of the “One Hand Killer”…which should be impossible since Ari already put him away not once but twice in years past.
In The Six Fingers, Neo Novena archaeology student, Johannes Vale has always been so very in control of his life. But when he commits a brutal murder using the M.O. of a historic and notorious serial killer, everything begins to spiral out of control…and Johannes doesn’t remember doing it. What follows is a deadly cat-and-mouse game told through two intertwined narratives. Both men will stop at nothing to unravel the secrets and ciphers of this case-but each revelation only leads further into the dark heart of this future-metropolis.
TECTIV Vol. 1 TP
Writer: Richard Ashley Hamilton
Artist: Marco Matrone
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios / Maverick
When her best friend vanishes, Bingo Finder – the only literate person in a post-apocalyptic L.A. – turns to her beloved, ancient books for inspiration, becoming the first detective in centuries. But to solve this mystery, Bingo must fight for her own life and uncover a conspiracy within this fragile civilization.
Bingo and every other teen in the sprawling farming village of Ellay knows the tales of the old days – of how their great-great-great-grandparents rebuilt what was left of society after some apocalypse or whatever. But that’s ancient history. Boring.
Nah, for Bingo’s generation, today is about staying busy – distracted, even – while tilling the reclaimed City of Industry fields or unloading barges at the seedy port of Bel Air. Or in Bingo’s case, scavenging ruins for artifacts to upcycle and trade at the bartering bazaars – including Bingo’s favorite leftovers, these old things called “books.” Ever heard of ’em?
Her favorites are the TECTIV books, the ones about men who walked rain-slicked streets at night in hats and trench coats. They searched for answers in a city called L.A., just like Bingo. It was their job. And after the sudden disappearance of her best friend, Fenn, Bingo decides that’s what she’s gonna have to be if she wants to get answers – a new kind of TECTIV for a new world. Because everyone may believe Fenn’s disappearance was the first crime in a long time. But Bingo’s about to learn that it wasn’t. And it sure won’t be the last…
